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Ms. O'Donnell from New York, NY is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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iPads to Build Real Academic Confidence!

My students need iPad Air 2s for increased accessibility. Many students with learning disabilities are able to better access the curriculum and show their true abilities with speech to text, text to speech, and organization capabilities.

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Our 5th grade ICT classroom has 22 students with a substantial amount of students receiving special education services. They are a part of the Lower East Side community, one which is vibrant and diverse. Many of our students speak Spanish and come from immigrant families. The majority of our students are living in poverty, and especially need access to technology and quality resources to be successful in school and beyond.

They are curious and excited learners!

They are children who are so deserving of your donations.

My Project

For many students with learning challenges, reading, writing, and organization can feel almost impossible and disheartening. iPad Air 2s are amazing tools for these students, since so many more tools are at their disposal. The devices have built in speech-to-text capabilities, which allow struggling writers the ability to speak and then edit their text. If editing is a struggle, students can have what they wrote read back to them with text-to-speech!

Our students with disabilities will begin to learn that they can be great students.

Beyond the writing capabilities iPads provide, they also will allow our students to read more challenging texts by following along with read-aloud text. Students can interact with the text, by highlighting it or searching longer texts by keywords. Headphones, keyboards, and cases provide personalization for whatever works best for each child.

Our students do not have the resources available to wealthier families and districts, but they have a right to feel good about themselves as learners. Thank you so much for your support!

Ms. O'Donnell PS 142 Amalia Castro Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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New York, NY View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

22 students impacted 26donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple iPad Air 2 MH0W2LL/A 10-Inch 16GB HDD Tablet, Gold • Amazon Business $368.86 5 $1,844.30
Eagle Tech KB200B-WH 2.0 Slim Portable Bluetooth Keyboard for iPad Air, iPad Mini, iPad Mini 2, iPad 2 / 3 / 4, Galaxy Tab, and other Tablets - White • Amazon Business $9.99 5 $49.95
Sentey Headphones w/ Microphone Inline Control for Travel Running Sports Headset Gaming Hifi Audio for Kids Men Woman Strong Bass Earcups Rotation Ls-4230 Black Phaint Transport Carrying Case Included • Amazon Business $9.95 5 $49.75
iPad Air 2 Case - Poetic iPad Air 2 Case [GraphGRIP Series] - [Lightweight] [GRIP] Protective Silicone Case for Apple iPad Air 2 Blue (3 Year Manufacturer Warranty From Poetic) • Amazon Business $9.95 5 $49.75

Materials cost

$1,993.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$29.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,053.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$362.41

Total project goal

$2,416.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,416.07

25 Donors

-$1,515.71

Donations toward project cost

-$1,317.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$198.15

match offer

-$866.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$736.10

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$129.90

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$34.36

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 $0.00

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